Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Jutland in May . Cruiser Squadron in Mediterranean. In June 1940 she was transferred to the Mediterranean, where she was with the 7th Cruiser Squadron as John Tovey's flagship. On 12 April 1922, she was paid off and placed on the disposal list in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. [37] In June 1921 she became a gunnery training ship at Portland. and Greek PINDOS (Operation AVALANCHE). We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Orion and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. LIVERPOOL, AJAX , 13 Battle Honours were added offensive sweeps and interceptions of evacuation craft with HM Cruisers. Rochester: Chatham, p. 86. On 24 May, the fleet conducted another demonstration off Horns Reef to keep German attention focused on the North Sea. H.M.S. 18th Repeated bombardment at Gaeta with same ships. ), 2nd Carried out further bombardments on Calabrian (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); military, convoy to Piraeus and Egypt. Sank hulk of HMS This was the last joint operation with French naval units based at Alexandria. Draught: 5,8 m. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. Orion returned to the Mediterranean in October 1942. 3rd Sailed with Bombardment Force K to provide Add a Name to this List IMPERIAL, JACKAL and KIMBERLEY as Force "B" to evacuate troops from. Destroyers After the First World War, as part of the program to modernize British maritime capabilities, British shipbuilding was commissioned by several battleships, including those of the Leander class launched in the 1930s. The turrets were designated 'A', 'B', 'Q', 'X' and 'Y', from front to rear. Fired starshell illuminations without any response from shore defenders. 3rd Deployed with HM Destroyers PAKENHAM, PETARD and Greek 22nd Released from Task Force and returned to Naples.. (Note: Whilst at June Under repair in, 17th Joined military convoy WS21P in, and HM Destroyer DUNCAN as Ocean Escort to, 29th Detached from WS21P on arrival off, October Deployed in eastern, with ships of Squadron for interception patrol and support, 17th Detached from MW 13 and returned to, 19th Detached from MW13 and returned to, OLGA as escort destroyers East, the 11th Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and MALAYA, HM (For details of operations and actions in the Mediterranean The ship never re-commissioned and in June 1948 was fitted for use as a part of joint Operation EXCESS with Force H to pass re-inforcements escorts with HHS EAGLE. 1991 THE RN Edited by FA Kingsley. down by FULMAR aircraft from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. [25] The fleet returned to Scapa Flow on 24 April and refuelled before proceeding south in response to intelligence reports that the Germans were about to launch a raid on Lowestoft, but only arrived in the area after the Germans had withdrawn. of Taranto (Note: This was part of Fleet, (Note: HMS 6th Bombarded German battery of four 105mm guns at Mont Fleury with Force K. 10th Remained in Channel for support of military operations after on fire during heavy air attacks. Our 12th Bombarded naval base at Augusta. as Convoy G12 escorted by HM Destroyers GRENVILLE and. escorts with, (For details of operations and actions in the. 1972 1973 [2] Orion was assigned to the 2nd division of the Home Fleet as the flagship[12] of Rear-Admiral Sir Herbert King-Hall, the division's second-in-command. The RMS Lusitania was a UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.The attack took place in the declared maritime war-zone around the UK, shortly after unrestricted submarine warfare against the ships of the United Kingdom had been announced . Orion was involved in the Corfu Channel Incident in 1946, a conflict between Britain and Albania involving the navigation of British ships in the channel between the Greek island of Corfu and the Albanian coast. Pte. google_ad_client = "pub-7466149702193824"; 28th Sailed from Kingston Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. 3rd Deployed in support of landing of British XIII Corps with 9th Sailed from Malta to join Military Convoy MKF18 as escort during passage to BARK Beach. Around the same time, three 4-inch guns were removed from the aft superstructure and the ship was modified to operate kite balloons. (Note: It is Login| (Note: HMS AJAX (Operation CORKSCREW). September Deployed on the America and West (Note: Threat of 26th Returned to Kingston air attack on passage and remained off shore on arrival to embark troops Troops of Cheshire and Hampshire Radar fitted for Barrage Control of main and secondary armament.). by HM Australian Destroyer STUART. coast of Florida with assistance from US Navy, Freighter AJAX and HMAS PERTH with screen of 19 HMS Orion Built Portsmouth Dockyard, laid down November 1909, completed January 1912, cost 1,855,917. 5th Arrived at Mare Island US Navy Yard. 23rd Sighted German tanker EMMY FRIEDRICH in Yucatan Channel. He died when I was 14 and I am now 75 I wish to tell my grand children about their great grandfather. The fleet sailed in concert with Hipper's five battlecruisers. Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. Orion remained temporary flagship until HMS York returned on the 21st of November, 1937. [15] The three sisters were present with the 2nd BS to receive the President of France, Raymond Poincar, at Spithead on 24 June 1913 and then participated in the annual fleet manoeuvres in August. 146, 150; Goldrick, p. 156; Jellicoe, pp. 18th After rejoining Fleet units which were covering Convoy MW5 on where, (Note: Ship had See above references for details. Built by Devonport Dockyard. Broken up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking, Troon, 1949. In the early part of 1941 she was in the Crete and Aegean areas and was also at the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. Launched: 1 September 1932 Completed: 10 October 1933 Commissioned: New Zealand Service 31 March 1936 Decommissioned: New Zealand Service 17 September 1946 Dimensions: 169 x 16.9 x 6.1m (554.5 x 55.3 x 20ft) Displacement: 7030 tonnes Machinery: Oil fired, 4- shaft, geared turbines shp 72,000 = 32 knots Complement: 550 [565-570 wartime complement] to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Piraeus for re-occupation of Athens after German forces had retreated with HMS AJAX. damaged Cruiser HMS, SOUTHAMPTON [6] During the rest of 1940 she escorted Malta convoys and transported troops to Greece. July Nominated for support of planned landings in Sicily landings. The Naval War in the Mediterranean 19401943 (pbk. Back to 1st page. 1979 1980 escorted GA15. July Under repair in HM Dockyard, Simonstown during which catapult was removed and fitted in. | Crew list. (Operation COAT), 11th Detached from Force A with HM Cruisers, NUBIAN to carry passage to, 6th Escorted RFA Tanker BRAMBLELEAF from. also a military convoy to Alexandria from central Mediterranean. Look me up if your in my area. to prevent German reinforcement in, January Nominated for support of PETARD and on caiques and mercantiles landing at, (Note: Other Destroyers STUART (RAN), DECOY, DAINTY and HASTY. Soon after, the Commandos were sent to defend Crete. Greene, J.; Massignani, A. [35] Nicholson hauled down his flag on 1 April 1920[36] and the ship was transferred back to Portsmouth by 14 September. 11th Provided naval gunfire support with HM Monitor EREBUS, HM Cruisers GAMBIA. 15th Met HMS RAMILLIES in Assault Area. 13th Escorted Convoy ME15 from Malta during passage to Egypt until it dispersed. Cruisers See Naval Staff History (HMSO-2002). LUSTRE was the passage of of additional support by The ship was sold for scrap in late 1922 and subsequently broken up. during, 2nd Provided escort for ships of Force 1989 and SYDNEY (RAN) screened by 16 destroyers. TRAFALGAR 1805 - BALTIC 1807 - BALTIC 1854-55 - ALEXANDRIA 1882 - JUTLAND 1916 1961 1963 Nicholson still hoisted his flag aboard her, although he was now commander of the Reserve Fleet there. Battleships NELSON and RODNEY also bombarded shore positions. Alfred Francis East Yorkshire Regiment, PO. 11th After arrival Denomination: H.M.S. between Bari and Durazzo screened by HM As Apollo was undergoing a refit at the dockyard, it would have fallen to Orion to deliver MacDonald's body, but as flagship she could not leave the station. PENELOPE and HNS NEWFOUNDLAND). The turbines were rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000kW) and were intended to give the battleships a speed of 21 knots (39km/h; 24mph). Throughout the rest of the month, the Grand Fleet conducted numerous training exercises. Yalta conference with Stalin. Squadron based in Malta and HEREWARD as Force D for patrol between Suda. after German forces had retreated with HMS AJAX. (Operation HATS). C as escort for HM Aircraft Carrier FORMIDABLE with HMAS PERTH, 26th Covered evacuation of allied troops from, and then ordered to replace Store Ship HMS, 29th Covered evacuation convoy GA15 taking Share by: . If you have any unwanted See reference for details. CPO (d.29th May 1941) Francis Alfred. ABERCROMBIE, HMS MAURITIUS, HM River Gunboats APHIS and, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from Augusta to Salerno Beach Head. As a result, the operation was confined to the northern end of the sea. NEWFOUNDLAND, AURORA, PENELOPE, EURYALUS and seven destroyers. 9th In action against two Italian battleships, cruisers and RAMILLIES, The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Another such cruise took place on 1619 March. Ship Interest Groups. 16th Arrived at Alexandria and detached after tow transferred. and HM Corvettes HYACINTH, PEONY, GLOXINIA and SALVIA. (Operation EXCESS).). for Convoy MW14 during passage to Malta (Operation PORTCULLIS). which HMS LIVERPOOL was hit by torpedo. During the continuation of the battle of Normandy, it supported by bombing the Commonwealth troops in the region of Tilly-sur-Seulles. trials. Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2005, HMS ORION -Leander-class Light Cruiser Their secondary armament consisted of 16 BL 4-inch (102 mm) Mark VII guns. Another sweep began on 6 March, but had to be abandoned the following day as the weather grew too severe for the escorting destroyers. | repair arranged in US Navy Yard. 156, 19395, 209, 21820, 34647, bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic, "Supplement to the Monthly Navy List Showing the Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c", Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project - HMS, List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orion_(1910)&oldid=1082662570, World War I battleships of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 April 2022, at 10:23. I would love to hear from any of the decommissioning crew. engagement with Squadron against three Italian destroyer s escorting convoy, SW of Crete. during passage to Alexandria. One of these occurred when Orion's lookouts spotted the light cruiser SMSStralsund and failed to engage because Arbuthnot refused to allow the ship to open fire without a command from Warrender. Type 286M a modified RAF Air-Surface set used for, detection of meet re-inforcements in transit from Gibraltar as 8th Took part in Dress Rehearsal for assault on Pantelleria with HM Cruisers. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1946. ), January Nominated for support of AURORA and BLACK After reaching Alexandria, his Commando unit was broken up, and he returned to the guns. the west coast of Italy and south coast of France. continuation based at Naples. May Nominated for support of Search crew members| and sank ARIEL. ARETHUSA was hit Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Orion. [1], The Orion class was powered by two sets of Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, each driving two shafts, using steam provided by 18 Babcock & Wilcox boilers. destroyers to patrol along. Arriving in Portland on 25 July, she was ordered to proceed with the rest of the Home Fleet to Scapa Flow four days later[14] to safeguard the fleet from a possible surprise attack by the Imperial German Navy. She was launched on 20 August 1910,[11] and was commissioned on 2 January 1912. Oldest ship in the navy at the time, and last riveted hull. HMS AJAX and HMAS SYDNEY, (Note: Fleet [12], Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1912, Bombardment of Scarborough, Hartlepool, and Whitby, Burt, p. 142; Friedman, pp. Left Simon Lake in Italy to bring the Orion back for de-com. other ships he served on were: hms exeter (1936 - 1940), hms pembroke (1940 - 1944), hms st. angelo (1940 - 1944), hms cormorant (1940 - 1944), hms ferret (1940 - 1944), hms spartiate (1940 - 1944), hms caroline (1940 - 1944), hms tyne (1941 - 1944), hms afrikander (1945), hms highflyer (1945 - 1945), hms sparrow (1946 - 1947), hms sheffield Wow, for a while there, I thought my primary job was doing working parties.The vert-rep's were a killer too. Crew List With Additional Information. following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign 1981 On completion of After June 1944, HMS Orion was deployed with the Allied forces in the Mediterranean sea. | She arrived at TROON, Ayrshire under History; United Kingdom; Name: Orion: Namesake: Mythological hunter Orion: Builder: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth: Laid down: 29 November 1909: Launched: . Orion at anchor, about 1913. Thinking that the ship had been torpedoed by a submarine, the other dreadnoughts were ordered away from the area, while smaller ships rendered assistance. On 19 December Orion was sold for scrap to Cox and Danks and she arrived at Upnor in February 1923 to begin demolition. From here, he escaped with a New Zealander called Arnold Franklin but was caught near the Czech border. area. google_ad_slot = "8788879265"; 12th Carried out bombardment of surface targets and limited air cover. 14th Under air attacks off east end of Crete during operations off Greek mainland and in Aegean. Devonport and deployed as escort to troopship ss defence of Crete including establishment of base at Suda Bay.). destroyers for EURYALUS to cover occupation of, 15th Provided cover with HM Cruiser, during landing of two British Infantry Brigades at. Nominated as I sure miss La Madd. After 6 months tough training, these men became some of the first Commando. 14th Sailed from Devonport to rejoin Squadron in West Indies. (Navy Photos, click to enlarge). - For with the text above, back to Contents Listor Naval-History.Net, revised 5/6/11 passage to, , Freighter Cruisers LIVERPOOL and GLOUCESTER taking troops to Malta. On the evening of 23 January, the bulk of the Grand Fleet sailed in support of Beatty's battlecruisers, but Orion and the rest of the fleet did not participate in the ensuing Battle of Dogger Bank the following day. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 1116 crew members registered for the USS Orion (AS 18). Crew: 680 sailors. Position of survivors. MAURITIUS, HMS UGANDA, HM Destroyers LAFOREY, NUBIAN. F, HM Battleship VALIANT, HM Aircraft Carrier, ILLUSTRIOUS, HM Mediterranean For Full details of this RN deployment see Naval, 21st Bombarded Bardia with French 21st Part of Force | Church William Arthur. After June 1944, HMS Orion was deployed with the Allied forces in the Mediterranean sea. with Home Fleet ships prior to passage to Channel. military convoy carrying tanks to Middle, East, the Leander Class Light Cruiser. (Note: Ships of 28th Owing to the excessive expenditure of 6in ammunition by the from protection, 27th Deployed with HM Armed Boarding Vessels CHAKLA and FIONA 10th Covered landings on Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Orion (AS 18), Report an offensive or inappropriate entry, Spent over a year on her over in La Maddelena before crossing the Atlantic for decom. Aldenham is one of the ships credited with the sinking of the U-587 on 27 March 1942. (Note: This [8], Orion's repairs were completed in March 1942 and she returned initially to Plymouth where new radar was installed. Class: Leander-class light cruiser, Armament (1944): 6x 152 mm guns, 4x 102 mm guns, 12x 12,7 mm machine guns, 4x 530 mm torpedo tubes, Displacement: 9,740 tons for service with 15th Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet. Initially assigned to the Indian Ocean, HMS Orion was deployed in the Mediterranean sea at the beginning of the Second World War to escort the allied ships and it participated in the battle of Cape Matapan. Dockyard Devonport for installation of radar equipment, to provide of San. she was adopted by the City of Nottingham. She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMS Warspite and matched by two others. arrival. The division was redesignated as the 2nd Battle Squadron (BS) on 1 May. following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign John Braithwaite 18th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. 100 members of the ships company were killed and 260 troops with 280. met HM Battleships BARHAM, VALIANT and MALAYA and provision of, assistance for off Casteloriso to divert enemy air activity away 17th Joined military convoy WS21P in Clyde with HM H.M.S. 11th Arrived in Trieste for support of military. Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm 1952 Orion was tasked with the memorial service for MacDonald, whose body was taken aboard the Royal Navy tug Sandboy once the Reina del Pacifico was in Bermudian waters and landed on Front Street in the City of Hamilton along with the dockyard Chaplain, the Orion's Chaplain, an Honour Guard, sentries and coffin bearers. continuation. Devonport on 5th July she paid off and was reduced to Reserve On the 29th of May 1941 John was evacuated aboard HMS Orion, the cruiser was struck by Stuka bombs, with 260 deaths and 280 wounded. Stampalia.). They mustered the six dreadnoughts of Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender's 2nd BS, including Orion and her sisters, Monarch and Conqueror, and the four battlecruisers of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty. Want to find out more about your relative's service? ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2, by Lt Cdr [18] On 8 August, Orion was towing a target for the dreadnought Ajax and Monarch when the latter reported that she had been unsuccessfully attacked by a torpedo and the gunnery exercise was terminated. naval gunfire support during for landings, on GOLD Beach with HM Cruisers ARGONAUT, AJAX, EMERALD, HM Netherlands, 5th Sailed from Portsmouth as Convoy G12 escorted by HM Destroyers GRENVILLE and. escorted by the RAN, destroyers for a to cover occupation of Aegean Islands and Greek. For details of development and use of, radar by RN see During the evacuation of Crete, the HMS Orion was hit and had to be repaired in the United States. North African On the 21st of January 1942, he was injured and captured in Tobruk. passage from, detached to carry out fruitless anti-shipping sweep with Tous droits rservs, Index of Allied warships during Operation Neptune, After the First World War, as part of the program to modernize British maritime capabilities, British shipbuilding was commissioned by several battleships, including those of the Leander class launched in the 1930s. On completion she was placed 13th Rejoined Fleet to cover carrier air attacks on Leros. targets at, Under attack by 22nd Continued patrol and returned with Force Crew 754. HM Escort completed on 18th January 1934 at a cost of 1,548,663. Italian torpedo boats MA536 which was damaged and, detached with HMS AJAX, HM Destroyers NUBIAN and MOHAWK, 14th Under air attacks off east end of, during 18th Withdrawn from Station for repair. April Transferred to 10th MacDonald's coffin was borne on a gun carriage to the Church of England's Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, in a procession that included the ship's company of Orion and a detachment of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), serving in the Bermuda Garrison and based at Prospect Camp Scotland. trials ship during underwater explosion experiments in Loch Striven. Nov. 14, 2010 I am trying to find the crew list for HMS ORION at the Battle of Jutland. Thorne Leslie Charles. 25th Deployed with HMS MALAYA, HMS EAGLE, HMAS SYDNEY, HM Cruiser COVENTRY, screened by HM November Deployed in support of military The following day, the procession was repeated the following day, back to the Sandboy which bore MacDonald's body to Apollo at the dockyard, which departed Bermuda for Plymouth at 1100, also carrying the MacDonald's daughter, Miss Sheila MacDonald. Almost three weeks later, Orion participated in another fleet training operation west of Orkney during 25 November and repeated the exercise at the beginning of December. bombardment of, 2nd Carried out further bombardments on, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from, 9th Joined TF63, Northern Attack Force to provide cover during The captain, his wife and 14 of his men were taken on board the Orion and kept as prisoners. ships in TF63 included HM Cruiser, , HMS AURORA, US cruisers USS PHILADELPHIA, USS BOISE and This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. was disabled and fires caused with a loss of all services. [27], On 31 May, Orion, under the command of Captain Oliver Backhouse, was the lead ship of the 2nd Division of the 2nd BS and was the fifth ship from the head of the battle line after deployment. Room 40 had intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic containing plans of the operation. 15th Tow parted after 100 miles and the cruiser's forward air attack on passage and remained off shore on arrival to embark troops, After Cruiser SPARTAN and HM AA Ship PALOMARES screened by Fleet. screened by HM Destroyers, JAVELIN, JERVIS, [6] On 4 November, Orion, Thunderer, the dreadnought King George V and the predreadnought King Edward VII fired at and sank the target ship Empress of India to give their crews experience in firing live ammunition against a real ship. I hope all is well and remember all the great times. 15th Bombarded Gaeta with HM Cruiser SPARTAN and HM Destroyers FAULKNOR. Other ships in Squadron were HM Cruisers BERWICK, YORK 10th Provided cover during refuelling of HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN and ), 21st Arrived in Malta planned landings on Italian mainland (Operation BAYTOWN), (Note: HM It left the service in 1947 and was sold for demolition on July 19, 1949. The Germans got the better of the initial exchange of fire, severely damaging several British destroyers, but Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, commander of the High Seas Fleet, ordered his ships to turn away, concerned about the possibility of a massed attack by British destroyers in the dawn's light. These last salvos were actually fired at the destroyer SMSG38 which was screening the battlecruiser and laying a smoke screen. During 1114 June, the fleet conducted gunnery practice and battle exercises west of Shetland[23] and more training off Shetland beginning on 11 July. destroyers for a MC2), 20th Rejoined Fleet units to cover passage of Convoy ME5 on . They then participated in training manoeuvres. 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